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'We are all seekers of God,' Pope writes in response to atheist's letter (Vatican News)
Posted on 02/26/2026 04:02 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“Perhaps the right distinction to make is not so much between believers and non-believers, but between seekers and non-seekers of God,” Pope Leo wrote. “We are all longing for Love, we are all seekers of God. And therein lies the dignity and beauty of our lives.”
The exchange was published in Piazza San Pietro, a magazine published under the Vatican basilica’s auspices. Pope Leo has continued his predecessor’s custom of answering one letter in each issue.
Vatican spokesman criticizes those who see opposition between Pope Benedict, successors (Vatican News)
Posted on 02/26/2026 04:02 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
In his February 25 editorial, Tornielli cited a 1981 homily by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI). Tornielli spoke of the similarities between Cardinal Ratzinger’s description of the Church in the homily and Pope Francis’s image of the Church as a field hospital.
'My country has become a dangerous place for priests,' Mexican priest tells Vatican newspaper (L'Osservatore Romano (Italian))
Posted on 02/26/2026 04:02 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Father Sergio Omar Sotelo Aguilar, director of the Catholic Multimedia Center, spoke about the economic, political, and military power of drug traffickers and said that the nation’s bishops have “begun to denounce, very directly, the terrible damage that drug trafficking and organized crime are causing.”
“My country has become a dangerous place for journalists and priests, as well as for those who fight in defense of human rights,” he added. “Fighting for a free, peaceful, and just Mexico will always be a privilege worth giving your life for.”
Ukrainian Catholic leader commemorates 4th anniversary of war (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
Posted on 02/26/2026 04:02 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The Major Archbishop recalled celebrating the Divine Liturgy in a shelter as missiles struck Kyiv. “There we realized that we had not been abandoned by God—Jesus was present with His people in the Eucharist.”
“This memory of tragedy and heroism becomes a law, a rule for our life today,” he added. “It is a law that guides and commands us: to defend our homeland, to defend human life in Ukraine, and to move forward, trusting that good will always triumph over evil. From that very first moment, we knew that Ukraine would prevail.”
The Major Archbishop concluded:
We know that the root cause of war is human sin. People start wars and then become enslaved by this demon, which destroys even those who unleashed it. But we know that the One who brings an end to war and sin is our God and Savior. Therefore, today we pray: “God, great and one, protect Ukraine!”
Pope Leo reflects on inculturation, offers Our Lady of Guadalupe as example (CWN)
Posted on 02/26/2026 03:02 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
In a Spanish-language message to a conference in Mexico on Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Leo XIV reflected on inculturation and upheld Our Lady of Guadalupe as its model.
Abortion Drug Crisis Is the Elephant in the Room in the State of the Union
Posted on 02/26/2026 00:04 AM (The Daily Register)
Feb. 26 Thursday of the First Week of Lent, Weekday
Posted on 02/26/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
Eighth Grader Who Survived Annunciation School Shooting: ‘Protect Us From Guns’
Posted on 02/25/2026 23:20 PM (The Daily Register)
Spanish Bishops Speak Out After Leaks of Their Meeting With Leo XIV
Posted on 02/25/2026 23:17 PM (The Daily Register)